China's foreign exchange reserves aremore than 10 billion dlrs, enough to cover import payments for
three to four months, Vice Premier Tian Jiyun said.
    He told a news conference that China also has considerable
reserves of gold. He gave no figure.
    The last published figure for foreign exchange reserves was
10.37 billion dlrs at end-September 1986, down from 10.47
billion at end-June and 12.59 billion at end-September 1985.
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